Though I don't have a FD, this swap is very appealing to me. I've just got a few questions..

-How much am I looking at price-wise (I can save a bit by buying a non running FD since I'll be swapping the motor anyway)
-With a LS1 and the normal bolt-ons + some tuning, how much power will I be putting to the ground? (I should probably ask this one at LS1Tech)
-What kind of times will I be looking at for the 1/4? (street tires)

Thanks guys!

 

1.) depends what kind of deals you get. some people have have built one for 9.5k (me ) and others have gone all the way up to 19-22K.

2.)LS1's (also depends what years you are talking about - 98-00/01-02 <01-02's have a little more HP due to heads design and intake manifold) with cam/headers and tune will put out roughly about 370ish-rwhp.

3.)depends how good you can drive it (if it's T56) or how well you can hook up. they are notorious wheelhoppers if the supporting mods are not made on the rear end.

 

That's quite an awesome price you got that for! Is there any resource that I could look at which would show me exactly what I'm going to need for this? (eg. subframe, electronics to get the gauge cluster working, etc)

If you wanted to do a writeup of your whole process from buying the car to blowing the doors off of everything in sight I'm sure many people would find it useful. (*cough* me *cough*)

 

Yes:
http://www.torquecentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=11

An entire forum dedicated to engine swapped RX7's.


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www.grannysspeedshop.com
www.hinsonsupercars.com